Improvement in twine-holders



all whom it may concern.- Be it known thatwI, EDWARD M.

EDWARD" l M; Juno, l or NEW HAVEN, CoNNECrICUT.

` Letters Patent No.'4112,465. dated March7,.1871.

" IMPROVEMENTIN TWlNE-HQLDERS.

` lhe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making prt of .the samen jcityand countyf of NeWwHaven, and State of Gonnecticut, haveinrented a certaiunew and useful Improvement in Cl"\vine-1E[olders,and,` the following is i `herebyde'clared rtobe full` andicorrectdescliption thereof.'

Twine-,holdershaveheretofore `been made of tivo shells hinged together and suspended, either byaring `at the top of `the upper shell, or by a studprojecting `fromthe `lower shell enteringa socket rinthe supportf ing bracket; and" said twine-.holders have also been providedwith a` brake to prevent the cord drawing @ont of the holder; too freely, said brake being either I upon `the inside of the holderor outside upon the y lower part of theunder shell. l

.Aholder made in eitherof the above-mentioned forms is costly, consideringitheglow priceatwhich it has to be sold,- and a holder which can be supported a bracketfrom a vertical surface and provided with ztbrake outside the shell is 4preferable to one-suspend`' ed by.a ring, and 1with thebrake' inside lthe holder. v

` My` improvement has for its object the'reducing of `the )cest ofa twine-holder, anrlyet providing one which .possesses all i the` advantages `of those heretofore -in use.

`Sradimprovementyconsistsin a twine-holder' formed with asocket to receive a pin or stud projecting from the supporting-bracket, which bracket is provided, at l its lower portion,` with one ormore openings through which the cord is `threaded,`to `form a brake toprevent the.4 cord drawing. too freely from theholder.

" In the drawing- C i Figure is averticai sectionof the `twine-holder and its supportingfbracket;I and `1 `ighre 2 is 'an elevation of Ashirl bracket; i I (t represents the shell, of hemisplierical form, forming the holder-for the ballot twine,and l here re- JUDD, of` @ne `21,1sc9, No. 95,118.

mark that two of these shells hinged together may be used asin Letters Patent granted to me September This. shell a may-,be of any suitable open-work character, and isto be provided Mwith the opening at b-to allow the cord to be drawn from the holder.

c represents the socket, cast with the 'shell a, and

this socket is to be cfr-,Aa size to freely receive the pin dof the bracket'e.. v

This bracket eis provided with holes at f f for the screws g g to attach it to the wall, partition, or other Vvertical surface, and with the ring h, around which the cord from the holder passes.

`The ring portion h projectsslightly beyond the face of the bracket, in order that there maybea space between the iowervpart of the ringiand the surface to which the bracket is attached, to allow the cord to be easily passed through the ring.

More than one of these rings or openings may be Yprovided upon the lowerpart of the bracket e.V .l `By my improvement the twine-holder is reduced to two pieces, the shell and its supporting-bracket, both of which may be cast, and require no hand labor after coming from the mold to adapt them to each other.

I claim as my invention- Y l. The bracket e, having an eye or opening through which the cord is passed, in combination with the twine holder a, that is supported by said bracket, as

` set forth. i

2.- ,The open hemispherical twine-holder a, made with an eye at one side to set over the pin d ofthe bracket e, as set forth.

Signed bvme this 8d day of February, A. D. 18771.`

' E. M. JUDD. Witnesses:

JULIUs Twrss, JOHN W. ALLrNe. 

